Only one train was ahead of us at a
stop south of the
trench.
Below left, Alameda Street on the
west side of the Alameda
Corridor.
Above right and below left, the Los
Angeles MTA Blue Line crosses over
the Alameda
Corridor while Alameda Street crosses under the corridor. Below
right, one
crew member of the stopped intermodal train was standing outside his
locomotive.
Other UP power was at the north end
of Dolores yard waiting for their
next
assignments.
The plan for the Tour train was to
enter the Dolores
Yard and make its way into the ICTF terminal. This involved
crossing over to the easternmost track next to Alameda Street which is
now on the east side of the railroad.
One BNSF manifest freight with 9
locomotives was
waiting for northbound corridor travel on a Dolores track.
The Tour train slowly made its way
southbound, then under the
Interstate 405 Freeway and into the Intermodel Container Transfrer
Facility where the crew tied down the train. Then the unexpected
happened when Mr. Barnes invited me to stay for dinner which took place
in the City of
Portland dome. After this relaxing dining experience (as you
know, what happens on a Union Pacific passenger train stays on the
train), I took the
opportunity to photograph the Green locomotives again using flash and
the lighting at ICTF. Those photographs are on the individual
locomotive pages.
